Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 31, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 10. NUMBER 209. NEW BUSINESS FOR UNCLE SAM To Start Delivering Express Packages at 6 a. m. Tomorrow Competing With National Companies. COUNTRY DIVIDED INTO ZONES Are Measured by Latitude and Longi- tude, Each Dimension Being Thirty Minutes. THE LOCAL RATE IS LOW Bemidji Merchants Can Deliver Into The Country at Advantage Over Outside Houses. TRAIN GOES WEDNESDAY Dynamite Special With Thirty-five Men Scheduled to Leave Indian- apolis New Year’s Day. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 31.—The “dynamite special” carrying the thir- ty-three union labor men sentenced in the dynamite conspiracy case will in all probability start for Fort Leavenworth on New Year's day. | Appeal action must be taken in the| United States circuit court of appeals i in Chicago. Indianapolis, Dec. 31.—A .remark- {able scene in the struggle of the wives of the prisoners to reach their husbands attended the scene in fed- eral court here yesterday when thir- ty-eight dynamiters were sentenced.| It was ordered that all the spectators| should be cleared from the room and the prisoners be allowed to talk with the members of their families. _ Some of the men made pleas for merey; others wept in the arms of | their wives. But the court pro- At 6 a. m. tomorrow morning, | Uncle Sam will branch out into the| express business and become a com- petitor with the national express| companies. He will do this through ; the parcels post. After six o’clock Wednesday morning, the postoffice| will accept parcels weighing not over eleven pounds for carriers delivery,: anywhere the United States mail is| carried. The parcels post system as it will ! be introduced tomorrow is based on what is known as the zone system. The country is divided into units for- ever unchangable as they are based on latitude and longitude. an area of land which is thirty minu-| tes wide and thirty minutes long. The | first zone is found by taking any unit! and jcining it with the eight which, lie adjacent. It has an average haul of fifty miles. The other zones are found by taking any city as a center and drawing zone circles. The de-| partment has issued a distinctive map | per pelieved for every postoffice in the country. | Uader the law as it will go into| effect. the shippers at home have a| decided advantage over the shippers abroad, for the rate for local delivery is much less. For instance. a Be-| midji merchant wishing to send a| package to a town of Northern cus- tomer, will pay nine cents for five| pounds. A storekeeper at Puposky shipping to the same customer will pay seventeen cents although both are in the same zone and ship to the same person. The difference lies in! the fact that the town of Northern customer is R. F. D. Bemidji while the Puposky package must come through the Bemidji office before it can be delivered. Minneapolis lies in the third zone and it will cost a Minneapolis house twenty-seven cents to deliver in Be- midji a five-pound package while the local merchant will have no mail to pay. The express on that package from Minneapolis is about the same as the mail rate. To deliver five pounds here from Chicago, which lies in the fourth zone, will cost thirty-| To deliver in the town of two cents. Northern, the Bemidji dealer has a margain of eighteen cents on Minnea- polis houses and twenty-three cents on Chicago houses. The minimum rate under the new plan will be five cents for the first pound and three cents for each addi- tional pounds to any point mot ex- ceeding fifty miles from Bemidji. The local rate, which is five cents for the first pounds and one cent for each additional pound, applies to all par- cels the delivery of which does not involve their transportation on rail- way lines—and this means on rural routes or local carriers’ rounds. The rates increase for each succes- sive one of the eight zomes, into which the postoffice department has divided the country, the maximum rate being twelve cents a pound, which will carry a parcel across the continent or to any of the possessions of this country. All parcels must not be more than six feet long in com- bined length and girth. A mailable parcel may be insured against loss in an amount equivalent to its actual value, but not to exceed $50. The United States has been divid- ed into units, thirty minutes square. There are eight zomes surrounding| each unit, the last zone including the Philippine Islands and the farther- most places on this continent. An eleven pound package to the islands will cost $1.32. The parcels post is far more com- prehensive than the average person thinks. It is possible under it to send almost any kind of package other than explosives, poisons, fire arms, intoxicating beverages, or - matter. Among the mailable matter are: Butter, eggs, vegetables, lard, fresh meats, groceries, medicines, pastes, salves, seeds of fruit, nursery stock, (Continued on 1ast page). A unit is| obscene | {nounced sentences one by one, re-! | gardless of the pleas. Six men were given their liberty| {through suspended sentences. These! | included Edward Clark of Cincinnati, | | the dynamiter who confessed to blow-| ling up a bridge with the help of| Hockin. He had appeared as a wit- ness for the government. Ortie MeManigal, another confess- N January the nounced the (¢ 000,000 Equita ! renominated in June. jed dynamiter, was not sentenced at| forced to send troops to quell a this time. election of Wikkon. sl fhe house of overy of the south pole in Mz = i New York was burned . ch. April witnessed the ble building in Nicaraguan revolt in September governors met in Richimond. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31 1912 | Photo of Taft copyright by Purdy. Photos of Equitable fire, Rooseveit and Wilson copyright by American Press A lown. Roosevelt threw his “bat in the ri ~mber. TENCENTSPERWEEK. ssociation, ng” in February. Roald Amundsen an- anic disaster. Wilbur Wright, the pioneer of aviation, died in May. Taft was In July the mikado of Japan died. and the following month was marked by the death of William Booth in London. The opening engagement of the Balkan war took place in October. 1 Dec America was November saw the In some cases sentences of one year | and one day were imposed S0 that!k Kk kKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK these men might be confined in a fed-| »~ ONLY BLANK CARTRIDGES. * eral prison. Prisoners with terms of /% “Guns cannot be shot off in % than one year are kept in county city limits,’ iails. Faoderal Judge Albert B. Anderson had many of the prisoners, whom he| * * x * said he considered less guilty tham|+ person caught firing a gun will ¥, x IE3 * chief of police this afternoon % the rest, brought before him to make | be arrested. ~However,” He % statements, added, “I am going to bed when * For an hour and a half the ]ud’e[ it is time.” * thus in a conversational way talked |k Xk Xk Kk Xk KK K KK K K KKK KK with prisoners, asking them w-he(her _— in dynamiting as { ’ method of promoting a strike. NOT“ER ‘IOB FfiR HILL St. Paul, Dec. 31.—A boom has All of the men professed innocence. “I hope God will strike me dead: ‘f, int p]eade: t;nve L;lrlsoner. but;ie been started for James J. Hill as sec- was 1o “"‘""el f-‘ “ ek_w(‘,‘"]' .| retary of agriculture in Wilson’s cab- Arrangzmefx s vorma 1ng e Dr-‘sil inet. Mr. Hill has not expressed him- oners .';) f;{‘ ;"‘;“; "“d 2 Special| seif as yet. Friends are very enthus- n‘a‘]l‘id reta' v ha e;n;“"_ o ¢ g 18StiC over the efficient work he is e entire proceedings in court as| oo o a climax to the three months' dyna-| 0 PP - mite conspiracy trial required only; two hours. * THOUSANDS OF WILD DUCKS DIE IN MEXICAN OIL FIELDS RATE ADVANCE IS HELD UP. The duck hunters here wondered Washington, Dec. 31.—Proposed|last fall where the ducks went to. advances of four cents per 100|The Tampico (Mexico) Times, a copy pounds on lumber from points on the|of which was received in Crookston, Nrthern Pacific and the Burlington & Quincy have been sus-! Chicago, | cember 14: “0il producers and refiners in the sands of dollars because millions of | lwild ducks have migrated to Mexico | | since the advent of cold weather and | ELECTRIC CARS NOW RUNKING | hundreds of thousands of them have BETWEEN IRON BANGE CITIES | alighted in the great lakes of oil and | perished there. - These unnumbered Virginia, Dec. 31.—The Mesaba|flocks of dead water fowl have ruined traction company began a two-hour|the crude oil, which, because of the jservice schedule on the Range last|decomposed animal matter. cannot be week, running cars from Virginia to refined. Eveleth, Gilbert, Mountain iron and' Buhl. The management expect to|ployed about the great dams of oil have more cars in commission short-|take the birds which have just died' 1y when the hourly service called for and which can be reached from the' in the franchise will go into effect.| shone line, carry them into the fields The fares being charged are: From at a safe distance. touch a match to' Virginia to Gilbert, twenty cents; ‘\he oil soaked feathers and roast the! to Eveleth, fifteen|fowls. This form of barbecued duck| commerce commission, Iron, ten cents, and from Virginia to American sportsmen of Tampico has Buhl, thirty cents. ‘tried the game. The fare from Virginia to Buhl, thirty cents, a distance of ~fifteen gveat oil gushers spouted millions of miles by car line would lead to the li:rels of oil in this district so fast belief that two cents per mile is be- ing charged. thus the charge from d dikes to confine it, Chisholm to Virginia will be forty o scores of acres in extend cents. The fare to Hibbing from formed. Chisholm. taking the charge from Eveleth to Virginia as a guide, will oil lakes for water and have alighted mean that fifteen cents is to be the in them. The crude. gummy oil glued price, the distance between Eveleth the feathers of the birds so they were and Virginia being about the same unable to rise again, and in a short as between Chisholm and Hibbing. |[time they died SCOOP rerorrer REPORTER SCO0P, I HAVE HERE A -2 LIST OF NEw Nears RESQLUTIONS TMAT T waNT NoUTD sienN- i (T READS AS FOLLOWS- "RESOLVED THaT T, ! | Sco0P, Wi curouT SMORING-— Cuss NG BRINKING— AND THAT T WILL QUIT BORROWING MONEY THAT T CanT PaY BACK AND INSTEAD OF LOAFING 0N THE JoB AND FAKING NEWS — THET T wiLL aT LeasT TRY YO EARM MY SALARY ' said Earl Geil, | Washington Western railway to|explains the whole in the following| points on the Great Nrthern, thearticle published in the issue of De-! pended until April 1 by the interstate| Tampico fields will lose many thou- |y Many of the Mexican peons em-| About three years ago,.when the that the owners of the wells had to| great lakes| ONE COMMON ANCESTOR when asked if revolvers could be David Starr Jordan Says Half °f i there will be a clean adminis- fired at midnight tonight. “Any % | English Americans are Descended « tration. From Isabelle De Vermandois. ’I.IVED IN TWELFTH CENTURY |By Unitea Eross. | San Francisco, Dec. 31—Fully half of the American citiezns of English ancesiry are descendants of Isabelle De Vermawdois, superweman, accord- ing to the advance announcements of a boox to be published by David Starr | Jordan, president of Leland Stanford | Univereity and of the eugenics com- | mitcee of the American Breeders’ as- ! sociation. The hook is hased on an exhaustive iresearch of cver 1,000 English fam- sader and »he second wife of Earl de Warren. She is declared to ve moth- |er of miltions, who are stamped “the ‘flfrest of tne Erglish race.” | Jordan sai¢ Rockefeller und Mor-| :néec from her through Slr Drake. chingion, ‘ 3 Jefferson, Linecoln, Roosevelt ate shown as related through comincn ancestry to the Ver-| mandois. | Presiderts Hliot of Harvard, Butler | of Columbia, Woolsey of Yale, and| Jordan imeelf are all included in the “super family.” The most preminent families of the United States ere presented with mil- |lions of “poor relations.” SENEAR CASE DISMISSED. Ernest Senear, who was arrested| for disturbing the peace, was releas- ied in police court this morning. It ened to “lick all the Swedes in town™ and one of them had him arrested as a self protection. MASQUERADE IS POSTPONED On account of the basket ball game that has been scheduled for| {with Grand Rapids, the masquerade has been postponed until January 14 Mr. MacLachlan has ordered extra skates for the occasion. The admis-| sion price for the masquerade will | cover the cost of skating. THESE RESOLLTIONS YD TRHE EFFEC 65 THE BELL N THE. 0LD CHURCH BELFRY RINGS OUT THE OLD AND RINGS (N THE NEW -TONIGHT AT TWELVE. 'tk iles. Isaleile de Vermandois was a| daughter of 2 twelfth century cru-| the two Harilsons, Cleveland and| KRR KRR KKK KKK * NEW YEAR GREETING FROM Andrew Johnson. c “The people of this county can rest assured of one thing— We will have the very best juries that can be selected. Professional jurors will find themselves out of work and I will guarantee that attorneys will have no further cause from complaint ag far as the sheriff’s office is concerned.” Andrew Johnson made the above statement to the Pioneer vesterday for a New Year's greeting to the people of this county. He further stated that Mr. and Mrs. James E. Cahill will occupy the sheriff’s resi- dence and that Mr., Cahill will be chief deputy. KR KKK KKK KKK KKK KK OLD MEN UNDER ARREST 1222322323320 Leading Citiens are Jailed on Criminal Charges. | YOUNG GIRLS MAKE COMPLAINT | By United Press. | Mystic, Conn., Dec. 31.—With one |of its best known citiezns a suicide {immediately following his arrest and | with six others bound over for trial in the higher court on charges of | contributing to juvenile delinquency, | | this ancient whaling community, was! the an-| still further excited by | nouncement today of Prosecutor | Warren H. Burrows, that other well | known aged men are facing arrest. Leading village citizens and store- | keepers are charged by girls of from Virginia to Mountain it said to be delicious, but none of the (€VeloDed that Semear had thl"wt"ten vears of age up with criminal ‘ufl‘enses. | One of the best known men in fra- ternal circles was arrested charged | with felonious assault on twelve- {year-old Lena Barraclough. He was [Teleased on $15.000 bail for trial. The men awaiting trial are Amos| were | next Friday night in the roller rink R. Parks, R. B. Chute, Alfred A. \Baker Nathan W. Newbury and “The ducks have mistaken the vast which was to take place on that date | Stephen Duke. All but Duke, who is forty-five, are over sixty. Newbury is past commander of the |local Grand Army post, and promi- | Inent in fraternal circles. Aw, Nix--Don’t Ring Out The Old *i****t*t****tfi**:*&*t | Connecticut Town Shocked When| BIG WEEK IN FARGO | | | A Dozen State Conventions and Sev- eral Expositions to Start Ses- sions en January 13. SHRINERS WILL BE THERE T00 BY United Press. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 31.—Fargoans lare already preparing for the big week of January 13, when a dozen or expositions and the big Tri-State convention are to-be held in Fargo. The greater interest centers in the Tri-State convention as it will at- tract farmers from thé three great spring wheat states. There will be speakers from the department of agriculture in Wash- ington, from the agricultural colleges of the three states and leading farm- ers of the same territory. innesota will be represented by President Vincent of the state uni- versity and leading representatives of the agricultural school. | The North Dakota Agricultural isociery, Live Stock association, Pure Seed organization. Flax association, Durum Wheat association, Corn asso- | ciation, State Veterinarians and oth- {er state organizations will be held +here, while there will be a state corn {show, state dog show, state poultry show, the Fargo Manufacturers exhi- bit with sixty local manufacturers making exhibits, an -electrical show iand other features. In addition to those attractions the | Shriners are to hold their big mid- winter meeting during the same week. Thousands of visitors are ex- pected and Fargo’s hospitality will be |taxed to the utmost in caring for {them. FIGHT DANCING IN COURTS. Minneapolis, Dec. 31.—The legal- | ity of the Minneapolis school board’s action in permitting dancing in high school buildings probably will be jtested in the courts, As a mass | meeting Sunday in Swedish taber- nacle more than.$1,000 in cash and {pledges was raised to carry on the fight against dancing in the public {schools. At a joint meeting Tuesday |of a ministers’ committee of five and :a laymen’s committee of five, a course of action will be outlined. It is ex- pected that the fight in the courts will be begun at once. *HOP* N CURF 7 SHALL MOT RiNG- ~ YO MGHT, ate conventions, a half dozen | The Big Events of Interest In 1912 |GiRisFn LEap YEAR A BiG BOOM Number of Marriage Licenses Isstied During 1912 Twenty-Six Per Cent Greater Than 1811, CITY HAS MADE PROGRESS New Street Paving, Sidewalks, Sew- " ers, Depots and Buildings Have Been Constructed. TWO DISASTROUS FIRES IN 1912 One In January Wiped Out Business Corner While Rex Hotel Burned in November. The License Record. The following table shows the number of marriage licenses issued in this county during the past three years. According to the law of Min- nesota, the license must be obtained in the county in which the girl re- sides. The figures that follow, then, tell only of the Beltrami county girls that have married. It is believed ‘that more Beltrami men have been married than girls, but owing to the license provision, there is no way of obtaining the exact figures: 1910 1911 1912 January . ... 15 8 14 February . e 9 5 18 March 15 13 12 April 9 10 13 May 14 1% 11 June 17 15 28 July .. .13 12 21 August 10 11 19 September 13 11 13 October 16 20 11 November 12 14 16 December 14 16 14 Totals That Beltrami county girls were not slow in taking advantage of leap year is shown by the above table which was compiled from records in the office of Fred Rhoda, clerk of court. Although the number of 1li- censes issued for the year 1911 was seven less than the number for 1910, leap year showed a gain of twenty- six per cent over 1911 and twenty- five per cent over 1910. Owing to the fact that the men must obtain the license in the coun- ty in which the girl resides, there is no way of telling how many Beltrami men were carried off by girls of other counties but it is believed that be- cause this country is new, more men than girls in this county found life mates during leap year. City Has Made Progress. Bemidji has made decided progress during the year just closing. Five blocks of cement paving were laid on the down town streets and an eigh- teen foot roadway around the south shore of the lake was paved. Many blocks of cement sidewalks were laid down, sewers extended and the water service introduced into more homes. A new depot for the Great North- ern railroad was started and will be finished within the next ten days. It has cost close to $40,000 and is one of the finest on the Great Northern lines. The fact that so much money has been tied up in a station is taken to indicate that the Great Northern has faith in the future of Bemidji as a commercial center. The Unlon de* pot of the Soo and Minnesota and In- ternational lines was finished in 1910. During the summer action was tak- en by the council to clean up the lake shore as it ordered out all boat houses between Fourth street and Twelfth street. It also erected two public bath houses on Diamond Point in order that people would not have to dress in the bushes after bathine. It is hoped that this step will pave the way for permanent municipal bath houses properly cared for and attended during the summer months. The increase in the number of school children necessitated the building of an addition to the North school and the subsequent re-ar- rangement of the rooms in the High and Central buildings which took the lower grades out of the High school and gave two rooms over for indus- trial work. One teacher was also added to Superinfendent Dyer’s force. Two Disastrous Fires. Bemidji was visited by two disas- trous fires during the year. Early in 1912 the southeast corner of Third street and Minpesota avenue was wiped out. The ground was later cleared of debris and a two-story